Mount Pleasant Main Street (MPMS) is a community-based, non-profit organization, committed to promoting community development and cultural uniqueness and to enhancing the economic health and streetscape design of the Mount Pleasant commercial corridor.
Hello Craft is a 501(c)6 non-profit trade association dedicated to the advancement of independent crafters and the handmade movement, as well as empowering small business owners and educating the public to the benefits of buying handmade. As a fixture in the Washington, DC arts community, they help produce the behemoth indie craft event, the Crafty Bastards Arts and Crafts Fair, and have hosted their Make Something Awesome Area project across the Nation’s Capital to promote the joys of making.
Through the art of autobiographical story performance, SpeakeasyDC gives voice to the authentic experience of ordinary people, builds community, and promotes understanding. We have a three-part mission: to produce high quality storytelling performances; provide ongoing training and performance opportunities to the public; and preserve the oral tradition in a way that speaks to and enriches contemporary life.
Partners for Livable Communities
Based in Washington, D.C., Partners for Livable Communities is a national, nonprofit leadership organization working to improve the livability of communities by promoting quality of life, economic development, and social equity.
Radio CPR was founded by a group of residents of Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights to provide an outlet for the voices, stories, music and opinions that so often get excluded from mainstream forums of communication. CPR opens a space that resists corporate control of the airwaves. We also provide the opportunity for more residents to participate in discussions about the issues that impact their city and their neighborhoods. Radio CPR began as a project of Stand for Our Neighbors, a group of residents committed to standing up for the rights of DC residents affected by unjust immigration and welfare reform legislation. Stand for Our Neighbors began by organizing to give a forum to those many residents excluded from decision making and problem solving around issues that impact them.
The Mission of the Office of Planning (OP) is to guide development of the District of Columbia, including the preservation and revitalization of our distinctive neighborhoods, by informing decisions, advancing strategic goals, encouraging the highest quality outcomes, and engaging all communities.
